AVIZE (51) 1979

On 30 May 1979, 2 people at Avize watched a peculiar phenomenon for 20 minutes. An object shaped like a flattened rugby ball crossed the sky from southeast to northwest at an estimated altitude of about 500 m. A vivid orange trail of varying length followed it. One observer, a student pilot, did not recognize it as an aircraft. No other account was collected, and GEIPAN lacks information including the time of the sighting.